Undergraduate
ESCI 1101 Environmental Science Laboratory
Concurrent enrollment in ESCI 1301 suggested. Enrollment in ESCI 1101 required for environmental science majors.Laboratory fee required. Preliminary Fall 2009 syllabus.
ESCI 1301 Introduction to Environmental Science
An introduction to environmental science, emphasizing the multi-disciplinary approach required to document, understand, and solve environmental problems. Topics include such large scale challenges as global warming, deforestation, and energy consumption, as well as more local problems such as water and air quality, organic and inorganic toxins, and human health. Material of regional and current interest is incorporated. Preliminary Fall 2009 syllabus.
ESCI 2201 Environmental Practice
A survey of the practical knowledge required to begin a career in the environmental arena. Topics include an overview of environmental agencies, laws, and regulations; quality control/quality assurance (QA/QC) procedures; environmental sampling, including field work; sample custody, analysis and record-keeping; ethics; the roles of the public and private sectors in environmental management. Prerequisites: ESCI 1301, ESCI 1101, sophomore standing in the college of science or college of engineering.
ESCI 2101 Laboratory for Environmental Practice I
Field and laboratory sampling methods for the collection and description of unconsolidated sediments and rocks. Prerequisites: ESCI 2201 or concurrent enrollment, STAT 2380. Laboratory fee required. Transportation fee required.
ESCI 2102 Laboratory for Environmental Practice II
Field and laboratory sampling methods for the collection and description of water and gas samples.
Prerequisites: ESCI 2201 or concurrent enrollment, STAT 2380. Laboratory fee required.
ESCI 2103 Laboratory for Environmental Practice III
Field and laboratory sampling methods for the collection and description of biological samples.
Prerequisites: ESCI 2201 or concurrent enrollment, STAT 2380.Laboratory fee required. Transportation fee required.
ESCI 4166 Directed Study, Environmental Science
ESCI 4266 Directed Study, Environmental Science
ESCI 4366 Directed Study, Environmental Science
Directed study problems in environmental science; hours and subjects to be arranged with each student; for undergraduate students who wish to do special work on a special problem. No student may receive credit for more than six hours on directed study work. Application of a directed study towards required upper division elective hours in the major is subject to prior approval by the departmental undergraduate studies committee.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval
ESCI 4301 Senior Seminar
Examination of case studies of the application, successful and unsuccessful, of environmental science at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Examples will illustrate the political, legal, and technical interactions that occur among government, industry, and science as society addresses environmental issues.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in environmental science. Preliminary Fall 2009 syllabus.
ESCI 4315 Topics in Environmental Science
Study of topics in fields such as environmental geology, environmental chemistry, environmental biology, environmental biology, environmental justice, environmental health, physics, hydrology and environmental law. May be repeated when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
ESCI 4398 Environmental Science Internship
Practical on-the-job experience in federal, state, city-county governmental, and/or private agencies or industries.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in environmental science, instructor approval.
ESCI 4399 Senior Thesis
Guided program of research culminating in the writing of a senior thesis.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Graduate
ESCI 5101 Graduate Seminar
Presentation and discussion of topics in environmental science and engineering by graduate students, faculty and visitors.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MS program in Environmental Science.